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Gordon Ramsay Attacks; Bush Fails Eaters

Gordon Ramsay lays into Marco Pierre White, Frank Bruni, and Big Macs in this wide-ranging interview, which ends with this complaint: &#8220;I&#8217;m being judged on my persona as opposed to my food, and you know what? Fuck it.&#8221; [<a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2494229.ece">The Independent</a>]
Morgan Stanley and other firms won&#8217;t let their executives entertain clients or expense lunch at the <a href=http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/hawaiian-tropic-zone/>Hawaiian Tropic Zone</a> because it&#8217;s too much like a strip club. &#8220;We are a totally misunderstood restaurant,&#8221; claims the owner. [<a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/05012007/gossip/pagesix/no_naked_lunch_pagesix_.htm">NYP</a>]
Less than 10 percent of food imported to the U.S. is even examined by the FDA, which is &#8220;woefully understaffed and underfinanced&#8221; by the Bush administration. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/01/business/01food.html?">NYT</a>]

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Gordon Ramsay lays into Marco Pierre White, Frank Bruni, and Big Macs in this wide-ranging interview, which ends with this complaint: “I’m being judged on my persona as opposed to my food, and you know what? Fuck it.” [The Independent]

Morgan Stanley and other firms won’t let their executives entertain clients or expense lunch at the Hawaiian Tropic Zone because it’s too much like a strip club. “We are a totally misunderstood restaurant,” claims the owner. [NYP]

Less than 10 percent of food imported to the U.S. is even examined by the FDA, which is “woefully understaffed and underfinanced” by the Bush administration. [NYT]

Who has the most restrictive, ideologically burdensome diet? Here are ten different varieties, from simple vegetarianism to the (made-up) “breatharianism.” [Chow]